Imagery
1Imagery — Im age*ry ([i^]m [asl]j*r[y^]; 277), n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.] 1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. Painted imagery. Shak. [1913 Webster] In those oratories …
2imagery — UK US /ˈɪmɪdʒəri/ noun [U] ► pictures or words that are used to represent something, for example a situation: »Satellite imagery and computer models are being used to track weather patterns and predict storms …
3imagery — (n.) mid 14c., piece of sculpture, carved figures, from O.Fr. imagerie (13c.), from imagier painter, from image (see IMAGE (Cf. image) (n.)). Meaning ornate description (in poetry, etc.) is from 1580s …
4imagery — ► NOUN 1) figurative language, especially in a literary work. 2) visual symbolism. 3) visual images collectively …
5imagery — [im′ij rē, im′ijər ē] n. pl. imageries [ME imagerie < OFr] 1. Now Rare images generally; esp., statues 2. mental images, as produced by memory or imagination 3. descriptions and figures of speech …
6Imagery — Vagina = Imagery is used in literature to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience. Other uses The term imagery is also used in psycholdickogy and everyday discourse to refer to mental images, i.e., the making (or re creation) …
7imagery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ evocative, graphic, powerful, stark, violent, vivid ▪ the vivid visual imagery of dreams ▪ negative …
8imagery — Also known as visual imagery. The term imagery comes from the Latin verb imaginari,which means to copy, to imitate, to picture. It tends to be used in a rather loose sense to denote a recollection or fantasy presenting itself as a picture in… …
9Imagery — Both a mental process (as in imagining) and a wide variety of procedures used in therapy to encourage changes in attitudes, behavior, or physiological reactions. As a mental process, it is often defined as any thought representing a sensory… …
10imagery — [[t]ɪ̱mɪʤri[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT You can refer to the descriptions in something such as a poem or song, and the pictures they create in your mind, as its imagery. [FORMAL] ...the nature imagery of the ballad. 2) N UNCOUNT You can refer to pictures… …